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VOIP software Pressure from Execs

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by markza

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We have been put under a lot of pressure from our Execs regarding VOIP technology. Being a relatively small company, with only 1 main office and no WAN connections there is a lot of pressure for us to use things like Skype or something in that line. The Execs do not want to have a huge Capex outlay. We are a little cautious about using Skype or something like that as we do not want to open additional firewall ports.
I am a loss on how to get non technical guys to understand things like bandwidth, costs of Bandwidth (South Africa bandwidth comes at a premium) and additional ports that VOIP software needs to work adequately.
We currently have a 1MB Internet pipe, this is being solely used for business critical applications. The rest of the users go through a DSL line of 512k.
Has someone else been through this and how was it solved ammicably?

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by ginone70

... skype? I'm testing this interesting tool in order to reduce the expenses (and skypeout too), but I think that the main issue is that we cannot understand how the network band will be filled by this application.
I suppose that it should be (as the security issues) the main problem of an extensive use of this application... but it is common to the VoiceIP, because you need to ensue a QOS (quality of Service) that must be enough to ensure a good quality of the call phones.

Sorry for my english
Ciao

by solonow

I am also leraning about this application ...and i see it running in my network all the time. Like Ginone70 said yo can apply a QOS. To manage that i will be using packeteer to see what application is running on our network and give priority per application. For example, you may not allow any skipie running on your network during business hours or allow only 64k for skype during critical business hours....you may even save the company a bandwith cost.....

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